Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson joins Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra; Congress calls it ‘historic’
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SHEGAON: Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi, joined Rahul Gandhi within the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon within the Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, with the Congress hailing his participation as “historic”.
The yatra, which has been passing by Maharashtra since November 7, resumed the day’s journey from Balapur in Akola district round 6 am and reached Shegaon just a few hours later, the place Tushar Gandhi, an creator and activist, joined it.
दररोज सकाळी… उत्साही#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/nXV2L5GHvC
— Congress (@INCIndia) November 18, 2022
In a tweet on Thursday, Tushar Gandhi had mentioned that Shegaon was his birthplace.
”I’ll be a part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon on 18th. Shegaon is my Birth Station as nicely. The practice my mom was travelling in, 1 Dn. Howrah Mail Via Nagpur had halted at Shegaon Station on seventeenth January 1960 after I was born!” he had mentioned within the publish.
I’ll be a part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon on 18th. Shegaon is my Birth Station as nicely. The practice my mom was travelling in, 1 Dn. Howrah Mail Via Nagpur had halted at Shegaon Station on seventeenth January 1960 after I was born! #BJY #BharatJodoYatra
— Tushar (@TusharG) November 15, 2022
The Congress described Tushar Gandhi’s participation within the yatra as historic.
The celebration described Rahul Gandhi and Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandsons of Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, respectively, as carriers of the legacy of the 2 late leaders.
“The two walking together is a message to the rulers that they can put democracy in threat but will not be allowed to finish it off,” the celebration mentioned in a press release.
Apart from Tushar Gandhi, senior Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik, Deepender Hooda, Milind Deora, Manikrao Thakre, Mumbai Congress president Bhai Jagtap and celebration’s state unit chief Nana Patole walked with Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to deal with a public rally at Shegaon this night.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra is in its final leg in Maharashtra and can enter Madhya Pradesh on November 20.
SHEGAON: Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi, joined Rahul Gandhi within the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon within the Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, with the Congress hailing his participation as “historic”.
The yatra, which has been passing by Maharashtra since November 7, resumed the day’s journey from Balapur in Akola district round 6 am and reached Shegaon just a few hours later, the place Tushar Gandhi, an creator and activist, joined it.
दररोज सकाळी… उत्साही#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/nXV2L5GHvC
— Congress (@INCIndia) November 18, 2022
In a tweet on Thursday, Tushar Gandhi had mentioned that Shegaon was his birthplace.
”I’ll be a part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon on 18th. Shegaon is my Birth Station as nicely. The practice my mom was travelling in, 1 Dn. Howrah Mail Via Nagpur had halted at Shegaon Station on seventeenth January 1960 after I was born!” he had mentioned within the publish.
I’ll be a part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon on 18th. Shegaon is my Birth Station as nicely. The practice my mom was travelling in, 1 Dn. Howrah Mail Via Nagpur had halted at Shegaon Station on seventeenth January 1960 after I was born! #BJY #BharatJodoYatra
— Tushar (@TusharG) November 15, 2022
The Congress described Tushar Gandhi’s participation within the yatra as historic.
The celebration described Rahul Gandhi and Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandsons of Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, respectively, as carriers of the legacy of the 2 late leaders.
“The two walking together is a message to the rulers that they can put democracy in threat but will not be allowed to finish it off,” the celebration mentioned in a press release.
Apart from Tushar Gandhi, senior Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik, Deepender Hooda, Milind Deora, Manikrao Thakre, Mumbai Congress president Bhai Jagtap and celebration’s state unit chief Nana Patole walked with Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to deal with a public rally at Shegaon this night.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra is in its final leg in Maharashtra and can enter Madhya Pradesh on November 20.
